The objective of the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) for India is to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable and sustainable access for the growing number of city residents to jobs, education and recreation. The salient features of this policy include incorporating urban transportation as an important parameter at the urban planning stage, rather than being a consequential requirement.
Apart from this, NUTP will encourage integrated land use and transport planning in all cities, so that travel distances are minimised, and access to livelihood, education and other social needs, especially for the marginal segments of the urban population, is improved.